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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman AT candle DOT pha DOT pa DOT us>
Message-Id: <200402180352.i1I3q5t00246@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [Dbdpg-general] RE: DBD::Pg - $dbh->quote() causes core dump
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402172034300.430-100000@elfride.ineffable.net>
To: Rudy Lippan <rlippan AT remotelinux DOT com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:52:05 -0500 (EST)
CC: Rafael Kitover <caelum AT debian DOT org>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com,
   "'Ian Sealy'" <Ian DOT Sealy AT bristol DOT ac DOT uk>, dbdpg-general AT gborg DOT postgresql DOT org
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Rudy Lippan wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Rafael Kitover wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 02:51:42 -0800
> 
> > There was some memory allocation related funkiness in DBD::Pg that the attached
> > patch fixes. You can apply it to both 1.31 and 1.32_1.
> > 
> 
> Before I apply the path, how needed is that PQfreemem() instead of free()  
> on win systems?  Because earlier versions of pg which are still supported
> by DBD::Pg do not have a PQfreemem().

PQfreemem is needed in Win32 because one DLL can't free memory allocated
by another, so you need an entry point in libpq to allow freeing of
memory.

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